Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-04-20
STATE NEWS.

killed by an engine in the South Mil
waukee yards of the ST. Paul road on
the night of the 10th.
WHILE excavating st La Crosse for
| q cellar workmen found the skeleton
| Of an Indian in a good state OF preser-
vatlon. On one side OF the skull was
q bullet hole and on the other evidence
| of tOmahawk stroke.
AT Madison, w. g. Ellsworth, of
| Oregon, secured a verdict for 500
against John T. Hayes, In a suit grow
ing out of q charge made by the de-
fendant that the plaintiff made a
wrong count of votes at an election.
In the case of Orrin Hay against
Eau Claire County, tried at Eau
Claire, the jury rendered q verdict OF
$449 so for the plaintiff. The action
was to recover for the maintenance OF
child, which was a county charge
and which was kept by the plaintiff 3
wife for period of FL months.
THE sale of the large saw mill be-
longing to Washburn & Tate, at La
| Crosse, has been contaminated. f.
A. Copeland, manager of the mill, is
the purchaser. The price paid is up
wards OF $40, 900, not half the cost of
the property, which is in first rate
condition.
A POST MoRTEM examination OF the
body of Henry Sengbusch, who died in
the town of Milwaukee while being
punished by his teacher, George Wer-
ner, resulted in the discovery that his
neck was broken. The coroner's jury
rendered q verdict inculpating the
teacher.
THE Norwegians of Eau Claire are
preparing to celebrate the anniversa-
ry of their old country independence,
May II.
THE Chicago & Northwestern Rail-
road Company has paid the town of
Eden, Iowa County, the sum of $5,-
925,65 in satisfaction of g. Judgment
in favor of the town against the COM
pany, for reimbursement of the
amount paid by the town as damages
for the death of the two Parish boys,
who were killed in 1880, by reason Of
a detective highway caused by an ex-
cavation made by the railroad COM
pany in the construction OF it's road
! through the town.
ANUMBER of boys living in North
La Crosse organized robber band
a year ago, and since that time have
terrorized the northern part OF the
city. Two arrests have been made, g.
quantity of stolen property recovered
and confession secured from one of
the lads.
MCDONALD Bros. will put IL g. ten
block shingle mill at North La Crosse.
A SIGNAL tower forty feet high is be.
ing erected at Grand Crossing, near
La Crosse, from which approaching
trains will be signaled.
THE Wisconsin Central bridge across
the south fork Of the Eau Claire River
at Sterling, is being rebuilt.
J. S. GOODRICH, a wealthy lumber
man of Eau Claire County, died at
Augusta.
A NUMBER of prominent business
men of La Crosse have formed a COM
pany known as the Rainy Lake &
Southwestern Railroad Company, to
build g. railroad from Rainy Lake,
Mimi. to a point on the Missouri
River, for the shipment of lumber to
the prairies. The La Crosse men in
terested are Col. Johnson, vice presi-
dent; Lafayette Homes, treasurer;
Col. M. r. Moore, secretary; J. A. II.
Snider, solicitor; H. A. Selzar, G..
Frame, Capt. Looney, E. Clarke, R.
Miller, e. S. Buckingham, Y. A. Bige-
low and Mr.. Olmstead.
THE Y. M. G. A., of La Crosse, will
erect new building this summer.
EIGHT boilers are being put in the
Valley Lumber Mill at Eau Claire.
The Northwestern horticultural
Society decided to hold it's annual fair
in June.
The wholesale grocery firm of Good
rich & Wagner, Milwaukee, has made
an assignment.
HENRY SENGBUsCH, IL years of age,
died suddenly in the class room at the
First District school of the town of
Milwaukee, on the 18th, while being
punished by his teacher, George Wer-
Der.
A DIVORCE suit has been commenced
in the Minneapolis district court
which brings to light some romantic
and interesting facts regarding the
parties involved. The plaintiff is Mrs.
h0i0u6 O6L1pUCll, uc1uSuOOI VI OAO VI
the wealthy families OF La Crosse, and
the defendant is Miles D. E. Campbell,
scion of a Scottish house ofnobility.
The ground Of complaint is cruel aud
inhuman treatment. The parties
were married in La Crosse about eight
years ago, and have one child, q boy
years old.
ELIAS LAKIN, 10 years old, of Eau
Claire, will 90 to the reform school for
stealing $40.
THEcontract for building the found
alton of the La Crosse County insane
asylum has been let for $1,000.
The members of the Ashland Y. M
G. A. are erecting a building for their
work. 1t will cost about $1,000.
In the case of Mrs, Hoover against
the city of Eau Claire, claiming SIS, 900
for damages sustained by being
thrown from a cutter, alleged to have
been caused by defect in the street,
the jury disagreed.